According to the DSM-5, if you experience five or more of these symptoms during or shortly after consuming caffeine, you could be diagnosed with caffeine intoxication. Oh yeah, the symptoms must also impair your ability to function in some way.

This condition appears in both the old and new editions of the DSM, but the new version adds a related diagnosis: caffeine withdrawal, which describes the effects of stopping or dramatically reducing your consumption of caffeine.

Typically, caffeine is used as a performance-enhancing substance. It speeds up the central nervous system, typically making us feel awake, alert and energetic. It’s found in coffee, tea and chocolate, and some energy drinks, and is even added to some types of headache medication and bottled water.

Caffeine is the most widely used, behaviorally active drug in the world, and according to the DSM-5, some people may be unaware of their physical dependence on it.

For more on this story, go to psych.org and enter “caffeine” in the search engine. I’m gonna go there right after I have my non-fat double mocha, no whip.

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